4-Day Lhasa Highlight City Private Tour

Day 1 · Arrive in Lhasa. O/N Lhasa.

1. 1

   Stop 1

   20 min

   Upon your flight landing/train arriving, your local guide will wait you by holding a welcome board with your name and transfer to hotel.

2. 2

   Lhasa

   18 hours

   Your guide will help you check in the hotel and you can acclimatize the high altitude in the hotel.

Overnight at Lhasa city, a 4 star hotel

Day 2 · Potala Place - Barkhor Street - Jokhang Temple. O/N Lhasa.

1. 1

   Potala Palace

   2 hours Admission included

   Your impressive excursion to the splendid Potala Palace is scheduled in the morning. Originally built in the 7th century as an imperial palace, the Potala Palace has experienced a 600-year's queasy time until to the reconstruction in the 17th century. From then on, it has been the political, religion, cultural and economic center of Tibet. Currently, it is the largest treasure house of this mysterious land and t's a 13-story high building that contains over 1,000 rooms, various statues, stupas, murals and artifacts. attracting a great number of travelers and pilgrims everyday.

2. 2

   Jokhang Temple

   1 h 30 min Admission included

   After lunch, you will come to the Jokhang Temple, which is located in the city center. Constructed in the 7th century, the peak time of Tubo Kingdom, this temple is the best architectural combination of Tibet, Han, Nepal and India. It is also a holy Buddhist temple of worshiping the rare life-size statue of Sakyamuni at age twelve.

3. 3

   Barkhor Street

   one hour

   Next to the temple there is Bakhor Street, filled with pilgrims and street vendors, selling traditional Tibetan items such as prayer wheels and jewelry.

4. 4

   Lhasa

   18 hours

   At the end, your guide will escort you to your hotel.

Overnight at Lhasa city, a 4 star hotel

Day 3 · Drepung Monastery - Sera Monastery. O/N Lhasa.

1. 1

   Drepung Monastery (Zhebang Si)

   1 h 30 min Admission included

   After breakfast, you are going to visit the Drepung Monastery, located in the west suburb of the city. It is one of the 'Three Great Monasteries' and the largest one in Tibetan Buddhism. Looking at a distance, the monastery is like a heap of rice, consisting of a group of white buildings layer upon layer.

2. 2

   Sera Monastery

   one hour Admission included

   In the afternoon, visit the Sera Monastery, the second largest monastery in Tibet which is well-known for the excellent debating of Buddhist doctrines among lamas.

3. 3

   Norbulingka (Precious Stone Garden)

   40 min Admission included

   After that, turn to visit the nearby Norbulingka Park, the most beautiful and largest man-made park in Tibet. This park has been built for 200 years and used to be the Summer Palace of religious leaders of the region.

4. 4

   Lhasa

   18 hours

   At the end, your guide will escort you to your hotel.

Overnight at Lhasa city, a 4 star hotel

Day 4 · Lhasa Departure. The tour end.

1. 1

   Lhasa

   10 min

   Today, your guide and driver will transfer you to the airport for your return flight and see you off there.